leadership but the united states and the people of the united states. i think that should be a takeaway. >> martha, i do want to look forward and right now, we have in the gulf, the largest naval exercise ever in the history of the middle east, what is the message that the united states military is trying to send here? is it directly aimed at iran? >> i think it's a pretty obvious message, and i don't think anyone would actually tell you that on camera, jake. but i think the message is pretty obvious to iran, is don't even try to shut down the strait of hormuz. they're building up all sort of missile defense-type things. >> and christiane, the united nations general assembly meets this week. and there's a lot of tension between israel and iran. and also, between israel and the obama administration. >> what do you anticipate will happen this week? >> i think what's really interesting and i have talked to a lot of people about this, you know, ehud barak, the israeli defense minister is starting to walk back on talks about a attack. i'm being told that pos